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Waves In The Southern Ocean

Courtesy of Jean Craven, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. As Ram Barkai, Jean Craven, Leszek Naziemiec, Andrey Agarkov, Sergio Salomone, Paolo Chiarino, Clinton Le Sueur, Alexander Brylin, Samantha Whelpton, Diego López Dominguez, Victoria Mori, Yun Feng Wang, Wyatt Song, and Petar Stoychev roared through the Southern Ocean, they faced some rough seas en route to their Antarctica […]

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Logistical, Operational, Rewarming Issues Way Down Under

Courtesy of Jean Craven, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Near the bottom of the world in the Southern Ocean, Ram Barkai is leading a team of 14 ice swimmers in the International Ice Swimming Association-organzed Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim. Jean Craven, Leszek Naziemiec, Andrey Agarkov, Sergio Salomone, Paolo Chiarino, Clinton Le Sueur, Alexander Brylin, Samantha Whelpton, Diego

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Sally Minty-Gravett Sets Guinness World Record

Courtesy of April Wong, Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Along with Jaimie Monahan, Ram Barkai, Lewis Pugh, Antonio Argüelles, and Pat Gallant-Charette, Jersey’s Sally Minty-Gravett MBE officially received a Guinness World Record certificate from adjudicator Kim Partrick at the 2018 Open Water Summit and WOWSA Awards at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Minty-Gravett

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A Frozen Dream Come True In Antarctica

Courtesy of Jean Craven and Nicolene Steynberg of Madswimmer, Antarctica. Jean Craven of Madswimmer has arrived in Antarctica together with a team of ice swimmers including Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, Andrey Agarkov (Андрей Агарков) of Russia, Sergio Salomone of Argentina, Paolo Chiarino of Italy, Clinton Le Sueur of South Africa, Alexander Brylin of Russia, Samantha

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Setting Off To Swim At The Bottom Of The World

Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg of Madswimmer, Antarctica. Yesterday, a team of ice swimmers including Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, Andrey Agarkov (Андрей Агарков) of Russia, Sergio Salomone of Argentina, Paolo Chiarino of Italy, Clinton Le Sueur of South Africa, Alexander Brylin of Russia, Samantha Whelpton of South Africa, Diego López Dominguez of Spain, Victoria Mori of

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A Love Creative With April Wong

Courtesy of April Wong, A Love Creative, Los Angeles, California. In addition to the marathon swimmers, channel swimmers, ice swimmers, Olympians, stage swimmers, marine environmentalists, coaches, observers, kayakers, event directors, destination swimming operators, and administrators who attended the 2018 Open Water Summit at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California last week, there were also

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